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Exactly
205 years ago, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla issued the Grito de Dolores—the call
to action that started the hard-won 10-year war for Mexican independence.
Three
months ago, Donald Trump said some racist shit in his bid for attention and
the Republican presidential nomination.
Today,
you can head down to Mi Mero Mole's Old Town location for Grito de Donald, a party to celebrate Mexican independence and hit a
Donald Trump piñata with a stick.
Kismet demanded that Mexican Independence Day and the second Republican presidential
debate fall on the same day, and Mi Mero Mole's owner,
the libertarian contrarian Nick Zukin, seized the opportunity to let
Portlanders chow down on delicious food while bashing in papier-mâché
effigies on the suspiciously-coifed tycoon.
Celebrate
Mexican Independence by chowing down on chiles en nogada and elotes and
drinking happy hour-priced cocktails and beers. Listen to the second Republican
debate, where Trump and his ilk will battle it out over women's rights, immigration and tax reform.
While
you're there, feel free to hit one of the
Donald Trump piñatas.
event runs from 4 pm to 9 pm, but bear in mind: The televised debate starts at
5 pm, and Mi Mero Mole only has three piñatas for partygoers to
smack around.
We
talked to Zukin in anticipation of the event.
WW: What was the idea
behind Grito de Donald?
Zukin: I just thought it
would be something fun to do. Portlanders are so political—most are Democrats, not Republicans, but they
still watch the Republican debates, whether to jeer or out of fascination or
whatever. We'll usually have
the debate on TV anyway.
How and when did you come
up with this idea?
Just
a few weeks ago. I read an article about Trump piñatas,
and I started searching around to see if it was possible to buy one, because I
thought it would be fun. I found a couple online. I tried
to see what day Mexican Independence Day fell on and what day the debates fell
on. I already had the piñatas when I realized when the debate was.
Do you usually do
something for Grito de Dolores?
We usually do something special, at least have the chiles en nogada. It depends
on timing, too—what day it falls on. If [Independence] falls on a day we're
closed, we can't do anything. I like to do something for it because
most people in the U.S. get confused about Mexican Independence Day. They think
it's Cinco
de Mayo, so I like to remind them that it's actually September 16th.
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